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CVE-2020-5202

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-5202 is a local information disclosure vulnerability affecting apt-cacher-ng through version 3.3, as well as Debian and OpenSUSE distributions. It allows local unprivileged users to intercept sensitive data from the acngtool utility by binding to the hardcoded TCP port 3142 before the legitimate apt-cacher-ng daemon. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and local access requirement, but with high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apt-cacher-ng_project:apt-cacher-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sle-15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:backports:sle-15:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00057.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00065.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / oss-sec/2020/q1/21
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2020-5202
PatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2020/01/20/4
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory